Deaths: April 17
by bcampos862 | created - 17 Apr 2017 | updated - 4 days ago | Public
1. Doris Roberts
Actress | Everybody Loves Raymond
Doris Roberts was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Ann (Meltzer) and Larry Green. She was raised in New York, and took her stepfather's surname. Roberts was a 20-year veteran of the Broadway stage before she began appearing steadily in character roles in film and on television during the 1970s. A ...
2. Alan García
Self | Hot Cities
Alan García was born on May 23, 1949 in Lima, Peru. He was married to María del Pilar Nores Bodereau and Carla Buscaglia Castellano. He died on April 17, 2019 in Lima, Peru.
3. Alex Weil
Director | One Rat Short
Alex Weil is the award-winning executive creative director and founder of New York-based "design and build" digital atelier - Charlex. As designer, storyteller and technical innovator, he has delivered breakthrough moments in digital imagemaking for over 25 years.
From groundbreaking work with ...
4. April Stevens
Soundtrack | Passengers
April Stevens was born on April 29, 1929 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Passengers (2016), The Little Death (2014) and The Big Tip Off (1955). She died on April 17, 2023 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
5. Arlene Saunders
Actress | Die Hochzeit des Figaro
Arlene Saunders was born on October 5, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Die Hochzeit des Figaro (1967), Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1971) and Der Freischütz (1968). She was married to Raymond Adrian Raskin. She died on April 17, 2020.
6. Barbara Bush
Self | Convention '92
Barbara Bush was born on June 8, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. She was married to George Bush. She died on April 17, 2018 in Houston, Texas, USA.
7. Barney Ales
Soundtrack | Dead Presidents
Barney Ales was born on May 13, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was married to Eileen 'Mitzi' Cauley. He died on April 17, 2020 in Malibu, California, USA.
8. Beto Gianola
Writer | El puerto de las culpas
Beto Gianola was born in 1924 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and writer, known for El puerto de las culpas (1957), Herencia de amor (1981) and Ciclosis (1971). He died on April 17, 1981 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
9. Bobby Winkles
Self | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Bobby Winkles was born on March 11, 1930 in Tuckerman, Arkansas, USA. He was married to Ellie Hoeman. He died on April 17, 2020 in Indian Wells, California, USA.
10. Bradley Welsh
Actor | T2 Trainspotting
Bradley Welsh played gangster kingpin Mr. Doyle in T2 Trainspotting (2017) co-starring with Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. He had no prior acting experience before T2 Trainspotting. He also appeared as himself in a documentary The Boxer From Somewhere Else (2012). It was his ...
11. Bruce Boa
Actor | Full Metal Jacket
Bruce Boa was born on July 10, 1930 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for Full Metal Jacket (1987), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Octopussy (1983). He was married to Cherry. He died on April 17, 2004 in Surrey, England, UK.
12. Carl Kasell
Actor | Alice Jacobs Is Dead
Carl Kasell was born on April 2, 1934 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Alice Jacobs Is Dead (2009), The Simpsons (1989) and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Live! (2013). He was married to Mary Ann Foster and Clara de Zorzi. He died on April 17, 2018 in Potomac, Maryland, USA.
13. Catherine Spaak
Actress | Il gatto a nove code
Catherine Spaak was born on April 3, 1945 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France. She was an actress and writer, known for The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971), The Easy Life (1962) and The Empty Canvas (1963). She was married to Vladimiro Tuselli, Daniel Rey, Johnny Dorelli and ...
14. Charles Lampkin
Actor | Cocoon
Charles Lampkin was born on March 17, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Cocoon (1985), That Girl (1966) and Ben Casey (1961). He was married to Myrtle L. Caldwell. He died on April 17, 1989 in San Jose, California, USA.
15. Cheo Feliciano
Soundtrack | Something Wild
Cheo Feliciano was born on July 3, 1935 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was an actor and composer, known for Something Wild (1986), Fires Within (1991) and Born Romantic (2000). He was married to Socorro Prieto Leon, Socorro Prieto, Coco and Coco Prieto Leon Feliciano. He died on April 17, 2014 in Cupey,...
16. Chet Coppock
Actor | The Express
Chet Coppock was born on April 30, 1948 in Winnetka, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Express (2008), Game Changers (2018) and WrestleMania 2 (1986). He was married to Anna Marie Busalacchi. He died on April 17, 2019 in South Carolina, USA.
17. Daya Tennekoon
Actor | Visidela
Daya Tennekoon is known for The Fishing Net (1997), Metamophorsis (2014) and The Wasps Are Here (1978). He is married to Grace Ariyawimal.
18. Dick Shawn
Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
One-of-a-kind comedian Dick Shawn was as intriguingly clever and off-the-wall as they came. As such, he proved to be rather an acquired taste on film and TV. A counterculture favorite far ahead of his time, it became a hit-and-miss effort in proper vehicles for this man's eccentric genius. He ...
19. Earl A. Glick
Producer | Children of the Corn
Earl A. Glick was born on May 17, 1921. He was a producer, known for Children of the Corn (1984), The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972) and Starship Invasions (1977). He was married to Essie Dorfman. He died on April 17, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
20. Eddie Cochran
Soundtrack | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Eddie Cochran was born as Ray Edward Cochran on October 3, 1938 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. When Eddie was 14, his parents moved to Bell Gardens, California where he began playing the guitar. In 1954, Eddie joined a local band with songwriter Hank Cochran where Eddie performed as the second vocalist....
21. Filipe Duarte
Actor | Variações
Filipe Duarte was born on June 5, 1973 in Nova Lisbon, Angola, Portugal [now Angola]. He was an actor, known for Variações: Guardian Angel (2019), Cinzento e Negro (2015) and Nothing Ever Happened (2022). He died on April 17, 2020 in Lisboa, Portugal.
22. Floren Delbene
Actor | El último encuentro
Floren Delbene was born in 1898 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and writer, known for The Last Meeting (1938), Sol de primavera (1937) and El rufián (1961). He died in 1978 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
23. Gabriel García Márquez
Writer | El año de la peste
Major Latin-American author of novels and short stories, a central figure in the so-called magical realism movement in Latin American literature. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1982. Studied law and journalism in Bogotá and Cartagena. He began his career as a journalist in 1948, ...
25. George Finkel
Producer | Major League Baseball on NBC
George Finkel was born on July 29, 1936 in Paris, France. George was a producer and director, known for Major League Baseball on NBC (1947), 1986 World Series (1986) and 1976 World Series (1976). George died on April 17, 2019 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA.
26. Gilbert Garcin
Self | Àrtic
Gilbert Garcin was born on June 21, 1929 in La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. He was married to Monique. He died on April 17, 2020 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
27. Giuseppi Logan
Composer | Water in the Boat
Giuseppi Logan was born on May 22, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a composer, known for Water in the Boat (2009), The Devil's Horn (2016) and Create the Movie (2015). He died on April 17, 2020 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
28. Henderson Forsythe
Actor | Species II
Macon, Missouri-born Henderson Forsythe was a respected film, stage and television actor, best-known for his 30-year run as "Dr. David Stewart" on the long-running American soap opera As the World Turns (1956). He won a Tony Award in 1979 for his work in the original Broadway production of 'The ...
29. Iris Love
Self | Wiener Takes All: A Dogumentary
Iris Love was born on August 1, 1933 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She died on April 17, 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
30. James Olson
Actor | The Andromeda Strain
James Olson was born on October 8, 1930 in Evanston, Illinois, the son of LeRoy Olson, an engineer. He made his stage debut at age 12 as "Hans Brinker" in the Evanston Children's Theatre production of 'Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates'. He received a BS degree in Speech from Northwestern ...
31. Kabori Sarwar
Actress | Sareng Bou
Kabori Sarwar was born on July 9, 1950 in Chittagong, East Pakistan. She was an actress and writer, known for Sareng Bou (1978), Devdas (1982) and Sujon Sokhi (1975). She was married to Shafiuddin Sarwar and Chitta Chowdhury. She died on April 17, 2021 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
32. Kazuo Koike
Soundtrack | Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Kazuo Koike was born on May 8, 1936 in Akita, Japan. He was a writer, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Lady Snowblood (1973) and Shogun Assassin (1980). He died on April 17, 2019 in Japan.
33. Ken Dolan
Self | Live with Kelly and Mark
34. Kit West
Special_effects | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Kit West was born on June 2, 1936 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and DragonHeart (1996). He died on April 16, 2016 in London, England.
35. Kitty Carlisle
Actress | A Night at the Opera
Kitty Carlisle Hart wore a cloak of many professional and elegant colors. Actress, opera singer, Broadway performer, TV celebrity, game show panelist, patron of the arts, and, at age 95, this vital woman continued her six-decade musical odyssey with songs and reminisces in her one-woman show: "...
36. Lars Gerhard
Actor | Shutter Island
Lars Gerhard was born on May 5, 1969 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Shutter Island (2010), The Good Shepherd (2006) and Non-Stop (2014). He died on April 17, 2022 in New York, New York, USA.
37. Linda McCartney
Soundtrack | Live and Let Die
Linda McCartney was born on September 24, 1941 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for Live and Let Die (1973), Super 8 (2011) and Grosse Pointe Blank (1997). She was married to Paul McCartney and Joseph Melville See Jr.. She died on April 17, 1998 in Tucson, ...
38. Louise Fazenda
Actress | The Bat
When top "working girl" silent screen comedienne Mabel Normand would gripe to Mack Sennett about making classier films, Sennett's quippy retort would always be, "I'll send for Fazenda." This pretty, oval-faced, highly popular Keystone comedy cut-up put in her time first in comic two-reelers from ...
39. Matthew Seligman
Soundtrack | Edge of Seventeen
Matthew Seligman was born on July 14, 1955 in Pentageia, Nicosia, Cyprus. He was a composer, known for Edge of Seventeen (1998), Whodini: Magic's Wand (1982) and World War Toons (2016). He died on April 17, 2020 in London, England, UK.
40. Maxine Klibingaitis
Actress | Moonlight & Magic
Maxine Klibingaitis was born on May 17, 1964 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. She was an actress and editor, known for Moonlight & Magic (2007), Prisoner (1979) and Hampton Court (1991). She was married to Andrew Friedman. She died on April 17, 2023 in Australia.
41. Michael Sarrazin
Actor | They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Owning a pair of the most incredibly soulful and searching eyes you'll ever find, Michael Sarrazin's poetic drifters crept into Hollywood unobtrusively on little cat's feet, but it didn't take long for him to make his mark. Quiet yet uninhibited, the lean, laconic, fleshy-lipped actor with the ...
42. Milton Kibbee
Actor | The Mad Doctor of Market Street
Milton Kibbee was born on January 27, 1896 in Roswell, New Mexico, USA. He was an actor, known for The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942), Junior Prom (1946) and Vacation Days (1947). He was married to Lois H. Wilson. He died on April 17, 1970 in Simi Valley, California, USA.
43. Norman Hunter
Self | IX FIFA World Cup 1970
Norman Hunter was born on October 29, 1943 in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, England, UK. He died on April 17, 2020 in England, UK.
44. Paolo Curcetti
Self | The Way It Was
Paolo Curcetti was born on July 8, 1936 in Foggia, Apulia, Italy. He died on April 17, 2020 in Foggia, Apulia, Italy.
45. Pieter Verhoeff
Director | De brief voor de koning
Pieter Verhoeff was born on February 4, 1938 in Lemmer, Friesland, Netherlands. He was a director and writer, known for De brief voor de koning (2008), Het teken van het beest (1980) and Van geluk gesproken (1987). He died on April 17, 2019 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
46. Randy Scruggs
Soundtrack | All Good Things
Randy Scruggs was born on August 3, 1953 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for All Good Things (2010), Fire Down Below (1997) and Broken Bridges (2006). He was married to Sandy. He died on April 17, 2018 in the USA.
47. Robert Atkins
Self | Joanne Carson's VIPs
Robert Atkins was born on October 17, 1930 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was married to Veronica Atkins. He died on April 17, 2003 in New York City, New York, USA.
48. Robert Swann
Actor | If....
Robert Swann was born on March 18, 1945 in New Forest, Hampshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for If.... (1968), The Madness of King George (1994) and Anna Karenina (1977). He was married to Susan Brodrick. He died on April 17, 2006 in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK.
49. Robin Seymour
Actor | Jamboree!
Robin Seymour was born on March 9, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Jamboree! (1957) and Teen Town (1965). He died on April 17, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
50. Ron Karabatsos
Actor | Flashdance
Ron Karabatsos was born on April 22, 1933 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Flashdance (1983), Surviving Christmas (2004) and Get Shorty (1995). He died on April 17, 2012 in Beaumont, California, USA.
51. Matt Anoai
Actor | WWE SmackDown
Matt Anoai was born on April 7, 1970 in Samoa. He was an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WXW Rage TV (1996) and WWE Raw (1993). He was married to Amanda Van DeBerg. He died on April 17, 2017 in Pensacola, Florida, USA.
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52. Ryszard Kaja
Production_designer | Bajland
Ryszard Kaja was born in 1962 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He was a production designer and set decorator, known for Bajland (2000). He died on April 17, 2019 in Legnica, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.
53. Scott Brazil
Producer | Hill Street Blues
Scott Brazil was born on May 12, 1955 in Sacramento County, California, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Hill Street Blues (1981), The Shield (2002) and WIOU (1990). He was married to Marie Brazil. He died on April 17, 2006 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
54. Scott Nimerfro
Producer | X-Men
Scott Nimerfro was born on July 12, 1961 in Richfield, Minnesota, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for X-Men (2000), Pushing Daisies (2007) and Hannibal (2013). He died on April 17, 2016 in Woodbury, Minnesota, USA.
55. Sean Scanlan
Actor | Airline
Sean Scanlan was born on August 18, 1948 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Airline (1982), Casualty (1986) and The Tales of Para Handy (1994). He was married to Barbara Rafferty. He died on April 17, 2017 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.
56. Sergio Fantoni
Actor | Esther and the King
Sergio Fantoni was born on August 7, 1930 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Esther and the King (1960), Once Upon a Time in America (1984) and Von Ryan's Express (1965). He was married to Valentina Fortunato. He died on April 17, 2020 in Italy.
57. Trish Vrandenburg
Writer | Designing Women
Trish Vrandenburg was born on May 9, 1946 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She was a writer, known for Designing Women (1986), Everything's Relative (1987) and Kate & Allie (1984). She was married to George Vradenburg. She died on April 17, 2017 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
58. Víctor Balaguer
Soundtrack | 50 años de
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